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   Cope (kōp), n. [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.]
   1. A covering for the head. [Obs.]  Johnson.
   
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   2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. “The starry cope of heaven.”  Milton.
   
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   3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.  Piers plowman.
   
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   A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. Bp. Burnet.
   
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   4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
   
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   5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.  Knight. De Colange.
   
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   Cope, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.]
   
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   Some bending down and coping toward the earth. Holland.
   
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   Cope, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).  J. H. Walsh.
   
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   Cope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coped (kōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Coping.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap.]
   1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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   2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
   
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   Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man
   
   As e'er my conversation coped withal. Shak.
   
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   3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.
   
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   Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. Philips.
   
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   Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. Addison.
   
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   Cope, v. t.
   1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.]
   
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   2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.]
   
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   three thousand ducats due unto the Jew,
   
   We freely cope your courteous pains withal. Shak.
   
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   3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
   
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   I love to cope him in these sullen fits. Shak.
   
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   They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. Shak.
   
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